by traction hauliers has prompted calls for a registration scheme to protect companies' OCRS. The Road Haulage Association...

Meczes PROPOSALS TO increase the costs of vehicle testing at Vosa test stations this year will generate an extra £4.2m for the...

launch its new maximum payload steel tipper body, Stonemaster (pictured on trial at Day Aggregates), at Tip-ex later this...

TRANSPORT has defended its decision to complete a pre-pack administration earlier this year, after it was hit with the cost of...

it was revealed that new truck sales (6-tonne GVVV and upwards) in the year to the end of April were 14.6% down on the same...

Co Durham What are you most looking forward to at Tip-ex 2013? Networking. What was the best product or innovation you saw at...

Association (FTA) will continue to press the government to change Driver CPC legislation that puts significant burden on...

has bought Chichester-based AE Parker Warehousing and Distribution in a deal that creates a haulier with 500 staff, 200 trucks,...

TRAFFIC COMMISSIONER (TC) Nick Denton has urged operators in the construction industry to improve vehicle defect and driver...

pressure to comply with tough new LGV safety standards designed to reduce injuries to road users. Since 2009, Transport for...

fleet with 10 new Actros units, choosing Euro-5 rather than Euro-6 following concerns about the complexity and cost of the...

at this year's Peterborough Truckfest, with close to 1,700 trucks on display. Our stand was a hive of activity. Congratulations...

construction and mining equipment show held in Munich, last month saw the launch of Volvo's second generation FMX construction...

tipping semitrailer has a range of technological advances including Smartphone apps to warn of stability problems. A...

range Palfinger unveiled its City Hookloader system for vehicles between 3.5 tonnes and 5.5 tonnes. It has a maximum 3-tonne...

asked readers to name and shame unreasonable behaviour by Vosa officers (CM 4 April). He noted operators' understandable...

April and were slightly more positive than they were in March: their optimistic split in April was 83/16 compared with 80/20....

I'VE JUST HAD my usual cuppa and browse through CM and, while I shouldn't be, I'm yet again staggered by Vosa's news that...

a small container haulage company (£15m turnover) I would like to ask: what is the future of the container industry? This...

transport manager for chaotic situation found at Loughborough haulage company By Roger Brown EASTERN TRAFFIC commissioner (TC)...

• The TO will look at possible disciplinary action against JD Commercials, based in Stoke-on-Trent, as well as the transport...

and four trailers at a site in Glensyl Way on the Wetmore Road Industrial Estate in Burton-On-Trent, subject to the following...

from a series of best-practice seminars Visitors to Tip-ex 2013 will not only see the latest products and services in the...

financial effect on your business Words: Claire Petricca-Riding Last year Stobart Group was handed a £30,000 fine for polluting...

pull-out guide for your Operator CPC revision, brought to you in association with EP Training. This week, we look at vehicle...

tippers to the test eight-wheelers with single-reduction axles Following last week's test of two heavy-duty 8x4 tippers...

many years. Almost right from the start I realised that we needed vehicles that are well on top of the job in order to give...

haulier? We look at the features and benefits of the latest card services Words: Toby Clark Each of your trucks probably uses...

DIAL SUPPLY CHAIN has received positive feedback from the 100 warehouse managers who have completed its Efficient Warehouse...

Logistics (SfL) is looking to launch new occupational craft skills groups, this time focusing on specific markets, starting...

truck of the week is a 2008-registered Daf LF45 reefer. Registered with a 58-plate, it is a 7.5-tonne GVW Euro-4 mil LF45.160...

way when it comes to looking after those all-important pennies There was a time when the discerning operator was also a...

an unmatched target audience for anyone looking to sell their truck, says Protruck Auctions expert Words: Charlie Wright Tip-ex...